The next Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic features Jan Harrington and Victor Griggs at Art at the Cave, 108 E. Evergreen Blvd., Vancouver, at 7 p.m. May 8. Admission is a suggested donation of $5; learn more at printedmattervancouver.com. Harrington is an award-winbning North Carolina poet, author of “How to Cut a Woman in Half” and “Waiting for the Hurricane.” Pacific Northwesterner Griggs is the author off “Rolling Through Life,” set against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic and his challenges with cerebral palsy.